"Th-this..."
Qiuyuzi's eyes bulged like brass bells.
"What a dense aura of Beyond the Mundane!" The Peachwood Sword flew into the air, seemingly probing its surroundings. "No realm Beyond the Mundane in sight, yet a path to Peach Paradise appears?"
All around them,
the vegetation grew lush, peach blossoms opened one after another, and Divine Thoughts emerged from among them, scattering into the mortal world.
The moment this vision of Peach Paradise appeared, the chains that fell into it seemed to lose their power. Even the Remnant Souls trapped within them, their wills bound, were freed in an instant. They became bewildered figures wandering between the fields.
Then the Image rapidly drew back, as though someone had pulled away a tablecloth. It retreated through the inner hall's doorway, leaving only drifting petals that slowly vanished in midair.
"Peach Paradise has appeared in the Mortal World!"
Amid the swirling blossoms, Nanmingzi, Gray Pigeon, and Hongyuan all changed expression.
Chen Cuo slowly walked out of the inner hall's doorway.
The chains wrapped around his limbs snapped apart link by link, turning into illusory fragments that scattered through the air.
But with a wave of Chen Cuo's hand, Little Gourd flew out.
Complex rings of markings on the Gourd glowed red, pulsing like blood flowing through veins, their rhythm appearing and fading.
"Collect!"
At Chen Cuo's command, the Gourd's mouth swallowed every illusory fragment.
"So this is Great Hua Mountain's Life-Bound Treasure? It really is formidable!"
Hongluan had barely voiced her admiration when a cracking sound rang out overhead. More than a hundred chains seemed to snap off at their roots and fell from the clouds.
With a series of clatters, every falling chain dropped into the Gourd.
The people in the courtyard stared, dumbfounded!
Then thunder rolled overhead, and rain suddenly poured